The communication we use as a PE Teachers or sports coaches can shape the behaviour of our students. Our four main methods of communication within PE are instruction, feedback, questions and silence. They all have their uses and contexts, but silence is a powerful and underused tool, one I have been trying to better understand…

It is not surprising to see relevance of learning in the effective pedagogy section of the New Zealand Curriculum. A lot of research was undertaken in the 1990’s in New Zealand on this and hence teachers in New Zealand have long discussed how relevant and meaningful learning will increase interest, engagement and motivation for learners.…

In New Zealand, the new Labour government and it's education secretary, Chris Hipkins, are reviewing significant elements in the education system and promising an overhaul. This has excited both conservative and liberal reformers and I thought I'd look at the debate through a review of two recent papers, one from each reform camp. Paper 1: SPOILED…

Each one of us who joins #Physed Twitter is in search of something. For one it may be resources, for another, it is new ideas. Some come seeking a community of practice they don't have in their own school. Others are not sure what they are seeking for so tend to lurk, waiting in hope, that…

In New Zealand we do a number of things differently from the rest of the world. We like to elect female prime ministers under the age of 40, we run the most future-ready education system in the world, but most confusing of all, we start our school year in February and end it in time…

Blogger of the Month Stuart McMillan is a professional strength and conditioning coach who mainly focuses on working with sprint athletes. Stuart blogs at McMilliamSpeed on a wide range of topics; anatomy and physiology, biomechanics, philosophy, leadership, psychology. The list goes on. What I like about Stuart is that he is willing to go beyond his own…

It’s the start of another school year and we are running around organising getting to know you type activities, collaborating on class rules etc. Why? we are people and people like to make connections with others. because research has proven that creating a supportive learning environment has a positive impact on student learning. This is…

"Knowing is not doing" -Dr. Shimi Kang Question 1: Would you like a Big Mac or Bean & avocado salad? I teach teenagers and you'd probably guess successfully which is the more common answer my students give to this simple choice. Question 2: Which is better for your body and brain? I can confirm from…

At 8:30am in the morning, I was helping to lead a school full of very passionate teachers concerned about the successful completion of thousands of lessons that were about to take place. We were about to ring the bell and start our timetable. Students were rushing to the tuck-shop for last minute breakfast, teachers were…

This is the 3rd post in a series exploring what the New Zealand Curriculum says is effective pedagogy. The first posts were about Creating a Supportive Learning Environment and Making Connections to Prior Learning and Experience. Now that we know our students and where their knowledge is at, we can think about our learning design.…

The preference for our society, if we really want to be effective, is to teach so that they learn, not merely present curriculum and document deficiencies or meeting standards or not. I might teach the

It’s Week 2 of the school year. We have set up a supportive learning environment so next we go about finding out what students already know. This will include results from last year, other data we can access but will also likely include other in-class activities. We already have our curriculum and course guides in…

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